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Sports
The Winning Edge
Chiropractic can give your athletic endeavors an edge, improve your athletic ability by helping to keep you healthy and in top form and by keeping minor injuries from becoming major ones. Team Doctor
That's why you'll find chiropractors as "team doctors" for professional, college, high school, ice hockey, handball, rugby, soccer, running and weightlifting teams. That's why chiropractic has been used by champions: Ken Norton, Tim Witherspoon and Evander Holyfield of boxing; Ivan Lendl, John McEnroeand Martina Navratilova of tennis; Marcello Angelini and Daniela Buson of ballet; plus world-class bikers, racers, golfers and even race car drivers. In all these sports, chiropractors help keep the athlete on the field and help stop minor injuries from becoming major ones without the use of drugs or surgery.
Better Reaction Time & Coordination
Athletes under chiropractic care were compared with a control group that recieved no care for agility, balance, power, speed reaction and hand racing time. After six weeks, the chiropractic group had a 10.7% improvement while the control group had a 4.5% improvement. After 12 weeks, the chiropractic group's improvement was 16.7%! "The chiropractic athlete reacts faster, coordinates better, executes fine mopvements with improved and precision, amounting to an overall better athlete." Many amateur and professional athletes wouldn't dreamof competing without first getting a chiropractic spinal setup. That's why 75% of the San Francisco 49ers recieved chiropractic care the day they won the Super Bowl. Dr. Nick Athens, their chiropractor says. Athletes are always looking for ways to improve their performances on the field; chiropractic care is one of the best ways to accomplish this. That's why there were 16 chiropractors from 12 countries at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Team Chiropractor
and let us not forget the millions of people who regularly perform aerobic workouts. Excersise workouts are nuch more effective when the spine is balanced. "Getting in shape" should always include the "shaping" of the spinal column by a good chiropractor. Sports Are Designed For Chiropractic Care
Take, for example, golf, tennis, raquetball and handball. Swinging a club or raquet or throwing a ball are all one-sided activities which can cause the spinal column to lose its natural balance. But you don't have to be an Olympiad, a professional athlete or a "serious" athlete to benefit from chiropractic care. Americans suffer from 17 million spports related injuries each year and everyone with such an injury needs regular chiropractic spinal checkups. Even the kinder, gentler sports can create damage from microtrauma rather than macro-trauma. A leisurly game oof billiards, pool or table tennis may be seem nothing like the collisions of foiotball, soccer or rugby, but micro-trauma caused by repeated movement can eventually wear down a body part as severely as colliding with a defensive lineman or running into a wall. What Your Chiropractor Does
Your Chiropractor balances your spinal column and relieves stress on your muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves. Sports injuries nearly always jar and misalign your spine and the structures near it. A trauma to anywhere in the body can damage your spine - a blow to the ribs, legs, feet, head, shoulder or torso can radiate to it. If you play any sportyou should receive a regular spinal sheckup to ensure that the spine is balanced and free from misaligned verterbae causing "pinched" nerves (spinal subluxations). Chiropractic care may give you the winning edge. That is why there are many amateur and professional athletes who wouldn't dream of entering competitionb without a chiropractic spinal checkup. Severe Trauma?
Athletes who are in trauma need chiropractic. The orthodox medical profession specializes in the management of fractures, torn flesh, ripped tendons, dislocations, blood and fluid loss, and other emergency attention. However, most victims of trauma leave the hospital with serious spinal subluxations from their accidents because M.D. are not trained to locate and correct this form of spinal damage.This is the realmn of chiropracticare Before surgery, if at all possible explore chiropractic and natural methods first. As superstar Joe Montana once stated, "I Wish I had tried chiropractic care a few years ago when I first started having pain, amd mabet thei surgery never would have happened." Evander Holyfield, reflects the attitude of many world famousa athletes: "I found that going to a chiropractor helps my performance. Once I drove 20 milesto see a chiropractor before a fight. I have to have my adjustment before I go into the ring." How About You?
Want that winning edge? A little more balance? A little more lightness to your step? "Getting in shape" should always include a periodic chiropractic "shaping up" of the spine. Need A Sports Doctor?
Many doctors of chiropractic volunteer their time in local little leagues and neighborhood, school and professional teams. Why not ask your chiropractor if he or she might be interested in donating time to your organization or sponsoring a team?